MCZ Ichthyology S-451

Sphyrna zygaena

Date Collected:

1865-05-01/1865-05-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:S-451 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Sphyrna zygaena
Animalia Chordata Craniata Selachi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphi Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae
Determiner: Ledger
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ledger]

Gilbert 1967, page 32, Voucher of Sphyrna zygaena

  • field number: THAYER105
  • group number: 27
  • previous number: MCZ 451-S

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin sample (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: mixed with samples from S-1159, S-393
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
total length 670 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • Dried skin.

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio de Janeiro
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RIO DE JANEIRO [Rio de Janeiro and environs]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: ]
  • Georeference:
  • -22.902946°, -43.173865° (Error radius: 46455m) By: Penny Benson on 2017-05-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-05-01 / 1865-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/5/1865-0/5/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER105
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Louis Agassizlinked data icon; and party

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology S-457; S-455; S-458; S-460; S-462; S-464; S-467; S-469; S-471; S-473; S-451; S-452; S-453; S-454; S-456; S-459; S-461; S-463; S-465; S-466; S-470; S-472; S-474; S-475; S-468 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Sharks sh-000001, pg.19;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:S-457 Sphyrna diplana to MCZ:Ich:S-468 ...

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